Published: August 10, 2026
Although the three great divine transformation factions were an unstoppable pressure hanging over Tian Nan, there were still many voices in the Tian Nan cultivation world.
The old monsters who had cultivated to the yuan ying realm were all ruthless and merciless figures. They were by no means lambs waiting to be slaughtered.
As long as a small number of them threw off all restraint and launched desperate retaliation—such as specifically wiping out low-level disciples—even divine transformation factions would have cause for alarm.
There was no need to doubt it. Any yuan ying old monster could do such a thing.
In today's cultivation world, anyone who could still cultivate to the yuan ying realm was definitely not a "good person" in the ordinary sense.
Perhaps it was because they were wary, or perhaps because they had already taken more than half the spoils.
In any case, aside from the demonic path's Heavenly Fiend Sect, the process of handing over the "toll fee" had been a bit bumpy, but the other two major powers had not been overly aggressive overall.
With the toll settled, for the vast majority of true lords and demonic kings, the matter of the Radiant Night Cave Heaven was completely over.
Swish, swish—
One after another, sounds of breaking through the air rang out. The figures on the plain gradually dwindled, and the true lords and demonic kings who had returned with full harvests headed home in high spirits.
Although they had handed over fifty percent, the remaining resources were still enough to greatly improve their cultivation, and even give rise to many third stage and fourth stage cultivators and demonic cultivators.
With third stage as the dividing line, in today's cultivation world, golden core cultivators could barely be considered high-level cultivators.
Third stage demonic beasts had also stepped into the threshold of demonic cultivation and were considered the lower upper echelon of the demonic race.
As resources flowed onward, it was foreseeable that in the coming decades, the number of high-level cultivators and demonic cultivators would increase by quite a bit.
"Let's go."
Seeing the old monk Kongzhao walk out of the black hall and the members of the team all finish paying the toll, Liu Yu spoke calmly.
After saying that, he activated his magical power, turning into a blue escape light that shot into the sky and flew toward the south of Chu State.
Seeing this, Yellow Brow, Ink Plum, Purple Rainbow, and Kongzhao also hurriedly followed behind him.
Whoosh—
The escape lights had flown far away before the sounds of air being torn apart finally rang out belatedly. Five escape lights of different colors had, in the blink of an eye, become dots in the sky.
On this return journey, Liu Yu estimated there would not be any complications.
After all, there were five yuan ying true lords, and among them three had great cultivator battle strength. Even pinnacle true lords would have to treat them with caution.
Once they left the Radiant Night Cave Heaven, so long as they didn't go charging into a den of dragons and tigers, they could basically run amok without restraint.
Even if Everlasting Spring True Lord harbored hostility, he would not be able to gather enough power in a short time.
If he forcibly intercepted and killed them, he would instead be walking right into their hands, conveniently removing this hidden danger.
Even though he was injured and could only exert about fifty percent of his strength, he still had seventy to eighty percent confidence in dealing with an ordinary yuan ying perfection cultivator.
While flying, Liu Yu suddenly turned back, and in his pupils were reflected the familiar yet unfamiliar mountains and rivers.
"Chu State."
"My second hometown."
"When will I come here again?"
"When will I be able to reclaim this land?"
The brief years of his past life had already become distant and unfamiliar. The decades of weakness during his qi refinement and foundation establishment years had all been spent in Chu State and Qingzhou; this place was truly his homeland.